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ARIZONA DAILY SUN FROM THE FRONT PAGE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 I A7 TVump routs rivals in Northeast; Clinton carries 4 states Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stands with former President Bill Clinton at her presidential primary election night rally, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. for dispatchers. That rate dropped from a vacancy rate of 20 percent before the start of the training and swing shift program to 7 percent a few months ago. The citys community services department, which houses the citys planning and zoning and building inspectors, is asking for $81,000 for a new building inspector to help out with the bigger projects. Staff are also asking for $60,000 in one-time funds to contribute toward a two-year trial of a community liaison with Northern Arizona University.

The liaison would be based out of NAUs Dean of Students Office. Half of their salary would come from the city and half from the university. The university would pay the persons benefits. The liaison would act as a go between to solve or negotiate problems between the university, students, the community and the city. The position was recommended by a city committee on student housing last year.

The list also includes $162,000 in ongoing and one-time funds from the wastewater enterprise fund to improve the Rio de Flag wastewater treatment plant and $127,000 in one-time funds for the Wildcat plant. Staff would also like to set aside $134,000 in ongoing funds from the water enterprise fund for conservation education, rebates and other programs. There were also a number of other items on the list that were not included in the city managers proposed budget to council. Some of those items include: $60,000 in ongoing money for Sunday hours at the main library, $20,000 for three years for the STEM executive director position and $55,000 for next years Dew Downtown. A list of all of the items proposed by staff is online at www.azdailysun.com.

Council has the task of winnowing that wish list down to the $5 million available by the end of the day Wednesday. The reporter can be reached at sadamsazdailysun.com or (928)556-2253. Surplus From Al coming from the citys general fund, said Deputy City Manager Shane Dille. Some of the highlights of that wish list include a three-year plan to bring all city pay structures up to the current market level. This would cost approximately $815,000 this year.

This would reduce the current 8.3 percent gap between the citys pay structure and the current market structure to 5.2 percent by the end of the 2017 fiscal year, said City Human Resources Director Shannon Anderson. Those employees that are outside of the citys current pay structure, because they were hired at a higher salary, or who have a set pay, would receive at least a 2 percent raise, she said. The 2 percent raise would cost about $555,000. Staff is also hoping to continue to fund a one time basis increased pay for firefighters who are paramedics ($100,000) and training for emergency dispatchers The police and fire departments are also asking for $125,000 in onetime funds for overtime pay. The police department would also like to hold onto $80,000 in one-: time funds that was allocated last year for a housing assistance program for officers.

The departments are also asking for some ongoing funds for a new fire inspec -tor anew animal control officer ($59,000) and to continue an incentive pay program for dispatchers who work the swing shifts Anderson said that paramedic pay, training for dispatcher and swing pay for dispatchers, which was implemented last year, has produced some dramatic results. The police department has noticed a 43 percent reduction in its officer turnover rate, she said. The departments previous vacancy rate for officer positions was 43 percent. That has now dropped to 13 percent. The departments have also seen a 65 percent decrease in the vacancy rate can, you know that their approach is not going to build an America where we increase opportunity or decrease inequality, Clinton said of the GOP candidates.

She spoke in Philadelphia, where Democrats will gather in July for their nominating convention. Sanders, in an interview with The Associated Press, conceded that he has a very narrow path and were going to have to win some big victories. Trump's victories in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island were overwhelming, winning his closest race by just about 30 points. The businessman is the only candidate left in the three -person race who could possibly clinch the nomination through the regular voting process. Yet with 950 delegates now, he could still fall short of the 1,237 he needs.

Cruz and Kasich are desperately trying to keep Trump from that magic number and push the race to a convention fight. The Texas senator and Ohio governor even took the rare step of announcing plans to coordinate in upcoming contests to try to minimize Trumps delegate totals. That effort did little to stop Trump from a big showing in the Northeast, where he picked up at least 105 of the 118 delegates up for grabs. Despite his solid win in Pennsylvania, the states primary system means 54 of the delegates elected by voters will be free agents at the GOP convention, able to vote for the candidate of their choice. Cruz spent Tuesday in Indiana, which votes next week.

Indiana is one of Cruzs last best chances to slow Trump, and Ka-sichs campaign is pulling out of the state to give him a better opportunity to do so. Tonight this campaign moves back to more fa conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks. Democrats award delegates proportionally, which allowed Clinton to maintain her lead over Sanders even as he rattled off a string of wins in recent contests. According to the AP count, Clinton now has 2,141 delegates while Sanders has 1,321. That count includes delegates won in primaries and caucuses, as well as superdelegates party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice, regardless of how their state votes.

Sanders has vowed to stay in the race until voting wraps up in June. He continues to raise millions of dollars and attract big crowds, including Tuesday night in West Virginia, where he urged his supporters to recognize that they are powerful people if you choose to exercise that power." Clintons advisers are eager for the Vermont senator to tone down his attacks on the former secretary of state. Shes been reminding voters of the 2008 Democratic primary, when she endorsed Barack Obama after a tough campaign and urged her supporters to rally around her former rival. JULW PACK AND CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) In a front-runner's rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the GOPs presumptive nominee. Hillary Clinton was dominant in four Democratic races and now is 90 percent of the way to the number she needs to claim her own nomination.

Trumps and Clintons wins propelled them ever closer to a general election showdown. Still, Sanders and Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich, vowed to keep running, even as opportunities to topple the leaders dwindle. Trump still must negotiate a narrow path to keep from falling short of the delegates needed to seal the nomination before the Republican National Convention in July. Cruz and Kasich are working toward that result, which would leave Trump open to a floor fight in which delegates could turn to someone else. Trump was having none of that.

Its over. As far as Im concerned its over, he declared at his victory rally in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. He now has 77 percent of the delegates he needs. With Clintons four victories she ceded only Rhode Island to Vermont Sen. Bemie Sanders she now has 90 percent of the delegates she needs to become the first woman nominated by a major party.

Clinton kept her focus firmly on the general election as she spoke to supporters Tuesday night, urging Sanders loyal supporters to help her unify the Democratic Party and reaching out to GOP voters who may be unhappy with their partys options. If you are a Democrat, an independent or a thoughtful Republi Budget From Al an anticipated deficit. Now the state is running a surplus and has money in the bank. But the deal hammered out between legislative leaders and the governor keeps the new funding formula. Hoping to blunt criticism, the plan by the governor and leadership puts an additional $15.5 million into school funding.

But Rep. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, said thats not acceptable. He said the en Hero From Al Flagstaffs Second Chance Center for Animals rescued him from the Tuba City Humane Society euthanasia list. Since then, he has faithfully alerted them to every stranger at the door and every animal or hiker who strays too close to home in the wooded area behind their house at the base of Mount Elden.

That night, Roccaforte figured Marley was just barking at an elk or a deer. But there was something about that bark. He was all amped up, Roccaforte said. It was high alert, letting us know. Subdivision From Al Rhoton said home prices in the new Flagstaff Meadows Unit 3 will likely be higher now that the company wont be getting the $4 million boost from the construction bonds it had sought through its lawsuit.

The settlement is a positive development for the county, bringing an end to what has been years of uncertainty, County Supervisor Liz Archuleta said. The beginnings of the 1 case trace back to before vorable terrain, Cruz said during an evening rally in Knightstown, Indiana. His event was held at the Hoosier gym, where some scenes were filmed for the 1986 movie, Hoosiers, about a small -town Indiana basketball team that wins the state championship. Trump has railed against his rivals coordination, panning it as a faulty deal and has also cast efforts to push the nomination fight to the convention as evidence of a rigged process that favors political insiders. Yet theres no doubt the GOP is deeply divided by his candidacy.

In Pennsylvania, exit polls showed nearly 4 in 10 GOP voters said they would be excited by Trump becoming president, but the prospect of the real estate mogul in the White House scared a quarter of those who cast ballots in the states Republican primary. In another potential general election warning sign for Republicans, 6 in 10 GOP voters in Pennsylvania said the Republican campaign has divided the party a sharp contrast to the 7 in 10 Democratic voters in the state who said the race between Clinton and Sanders has energized their party. The exit polls were districts that are out there so theyre made whole. And while 125 school districts would get less under the new formula, more than 60 would end up winners. For example, Chandler Unified School District would get an extra nearly $930,000.

And Vail Unified would benefit to the tune of $506,000. But the analysis done late last year by the Department of Education shows some big losses, too, like $4.5 million out of the Tucson Unified School District, $3.3 million from Gilbert schools, close back. Help. Roccaforte called 911. Flagstaff Police Department Sgt.

Colin Seay arrived within minutes. Marley was still standing at the edge of the fence, barking. He went to where the dog was barking and then he could hear the guy yelling for help, so he just followed his voice, said the sergeants wife, Officer Melissa Seay, who arrived a few minutes later to guide paramedics across the rugged terrain to the injured man. At approximately 1:20 a.m., about 50 yards away from Roccaforte back fence, Sgt. Seay found a man who appeared to be in his mid-20s lying in a rocky area surrounded by trees.

money to finish necessary public infrastructure if a developer goes under. Three years after Empire folded in 2008, Bellemont 276 LLC, a company created in 2011 and headed by former Empire employees, purchased the third unit. The company soon approached the county, requesting that it redeem the bonds, which were worth approximately $4 million, in order to fund infrastructure improvements that Empire never completed. Coconino County refused, contending that filing for the bond insurance tire $31 million needs to be restored and in a more honest way than proposed. It cannot go to the Classroom Site Fund," he said, which is what the plan proposes.

That special account allows schools to get grants for things like teacher salaries and dropout prevention. Every school has the ability to draw down (from the fund), even some that are going to benefit from the current -year funding policy, Shope complained. Weve got to go ahead and make sine it goes to the affected, declining school I couldnt get him to come in. In between all the barking, I heard this moaning coming from 50 or 75 yards out that way, he said, pointing into the woods behind his house. What he heard next was unmistakable.

Help, a voice cried from the darkness. He thought it could be a climber who had gotten lost on the mountain. Maybe they had been hurt and were finally making then-way down, he thought. He called out in the direction of the voice. Are you lost? he asked.

Help, was the reply. Are you hurt he asked. Yes, the voice called the Great Recession. Two sections of the Flagstaff Meadows subdivision had been fully built out, but the company that owned the final unit, Empire Residential, filed for bankruptcy in 2008 before starting construction. Before that happened however, the county had required Empire to put down a financial assurance to cover the cost of installing public infrastructure like roadways, drainage structures, street signs and landscaping.

Its standard practice for counties to require companies to purchase such performance bonds to ensure there is to $351,000 out of Prescott schools and almost $1.5 million from the Amphithe -ater Unified School District. Last years budget -saving maneuvers cut university funding by $99 million. And, on paper, the new budget provides $32 million. But theres less there than meets the eye: Just $8 million of that is to restore general funding that was cut. Of the balance, $19 million is one-time funding, including $8 million for the University of Arizona, He was wearing a T-shirt with no coat.

His pants were down around his ankles for an unknown reason and he was missing a shoe. He appeared to be intoxicated and hypothermic. Am I going to die?" he asked over and over. Without Marley help, he very well could have. If that dog hadnt heard him out there, he would have definitely frozen to death for sure, she said.

He was soaking wet. He had cuts and abrasions all over his legs because he had fallen. He was just sitting there freezing. He couldnt even walk. Without a doubt, he would have died due to exposure.

Paramedics transported money wasnt necessary for the public good, which is the intent of the law, and would primarily benefit Bellemont 276. No residents had purchased lots in the unbuilt Unit 3, and therefore no one was depending on the infrastructure to begin building a home, Archuleta said. It was the countys opinion that because Bellemont 276 is financially able, it should be on the hook for infrastructure improvements if it was going to subdivide and sell the lots. The county also would risk being sued by the bond company if it tried to call the bonds and there wasnt an $7 million for Arizona State University and $4 million for Northern Arizona University. And UA is supposed to use at least part of its share to start a veterinary school.

How much that would take is unclear. UA officials said two years ago it would need $4.2 million to hire the necessary clinical faculty and renovate facilities in existing buildings already being used by the schools undergraduate program in veterinary science, all precursors to getting the necessary accreditation. the man to Flagstaff Medical Center. He survived, although the hospital has not released an update on the mans condition. About an hour later, a Sunnyside resident called 911 dispatchers to report a missing person.

It turned out to be the same man. He had left to go for a hike in the woods, had probably been drinking a little and then hadnt returned home, Officer Seay said. FPD spokesperson Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said the mans harrowing experience holds a lesson for local hikers. In any wooded area around Flagstaff, its always important to know where overarching public need for the money.

The case went to district court where a judge in 20D ruled in favor of Bellemont 276 and several other plaintiffs including Ponderosa Fire District and the homeowners association. The county was ordered to pay $98,191 to the plaintiffs for attorneys fees and costs. The county filed an appeal though and a year later won in the Arizona Court of Appeals. The court ruled that the county ordinance did not require the county to call the bonds, only gave it the option to if necessary. And $5 million of what is being provided to the universities is to add state funding to what Senate President Andy Biggs called freedom centers started with seed money from foundations run by the Koch brothers.

Biggs defending putting restrictions on the dollars to teach our young people about the virtues of free enterprise, versus allowing the universities to decide where the cash can best be used. This is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars, he said. youre at and be prepared for the surroundings because of the ever-changing climate and the ruggedness of some of the areas that surround us, she said. She also cautioned that drinking alcohol can make a hiker even more vulnerable Roccaforte family rewarded Marley with lots of treats, bones and extra love, but that doesn't mean the hero title has gone to his head. He was his regular old self, Roccaforte said, laughing.

He was like, Yeah, Im just doing my job. The reporter can be reached at mmcmanimonazdailysun. com or 556-2261. The settlement came after the Arizona Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Archuleta said the experience reaffirms that it is good practice and good policy to require bonds of companies.

Another takeaway, she said, is that bonds are not a financing mechanism for developers. Bonds are there to protect the public and we are going to uphold the use of bonds according to their purpose, she said. Emery Cowan can be reached at (928) 556-2250 or ecowanazdailysun.com.